10 Most Popular Illinoisan Foods
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- 02 Mar 2023
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Sport Peppers
Sport peppers are mild chili peppers that are especially popular in the Southern United States and Chicago. They're a key element of the popular Chicago-style hot dog. The peppers have a Scoville Heat Unit ranging from 10,000 to 23,000 and they're typically pickled in vinegar.
After they've been pickled, these green peppers turn pale green. The flavor is slightly spicy, tangy, and vinegary. Although they are believed to originate in Mexico, the name sport can refer to a variety of pickled peppers from the same family, but their most known usage is in Chicago and the American South.
Chicken Vesuvio
Named after the Mount Vesuvius volcano near Naples, chicken Vesuvio is a specialty of Chicago's Italian-American restaurants. The dish is made with chicken on the bone, potatoes, olive oil, white wine, garlic, and oregano and finished with green peas.
Lemon juice is also often a common ingredient in chicken Vesuvio recipes. In Chicago, this cooking technique is sometimes applied to other foods as well, like steak Vesuvio, pork chops Vesuvio, or even just Vesuvio potatoes. Read More…
